Thanks to the removal of the Vaqueiros Weir in the Alviela River of Portugal, GEOTA, a Portuguese NGO, along with their partners, was crowned winner […]

Almost 500 barriers were removed from European rivers in 15 countries in 2023 according to the annual report from Dam Removal Europe. This represents an […]

Today Wetlands International Europe unveiled a new website https://naturalsponges.org/ to showcase the power of natural sponges as a nature-based solution to retain and store water […]

Restoration is underway to improve the sponge function of a 2 km2 landscape, transforming this upstream catchment into a biodiverse carbon sink that will help […]

A coalition of 41 civil society organisations, including Wetlands International Europe, is calling on the World Bank Group (WBG) to take extreme caution as it […]

On 11 April 2024, Wetlands Internationale Europe joined over 170 signatories from all over the world, including regional, national, and global organisations, from research bodies […]

With sorrow we learnt of the recent passing of Rich Hearn. Rich worked for much of his career at the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust (WWT) […]

The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products, came into force in 2023 and will start to apply on 30 December 2024. This law – a world first […]

Wetlands International Europe joined a group of African and European civil society and youth organisations in a statement on key issues in the AU-EU Partnership. […]

The release of the European Environment Agency’s first-ever “European Climate Risk Assessment” sends a clear warning that Europe is not doing enough to adapt to […]